[ANN] LibreOffice 3.5.1 RC2 available

[Michael Stahl]

On 09/03/12 11:49, ape wrote:
> LibreOffice-3.5.1rc2 should not be a final release due to a blunder: it can
> not open DOCX-file with a long formula in the Windows OS (Bug_46176). Read
> more here: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46716

this bug report is very confusing and seems to describe at least 2
different problems.  that is sufficient to reject it as a blocker.

> Offered the option "libreoffice-3-5~2012-03-05_08.52.12_LibO-Dev_3.5.2rc0"
> (http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/Win-x86@7-MinGW/libreoffice-3-5/2012-03-05_08.52.12/libreoffice-3-5~2012-03-05_08.52.12_LibO-Dev_3.5.2rc0_Win_x86_install-arc_en-US.tar.gz)
> to make as LibreOffice-3.5.1rc3. Bug_46176 and Bug_36982 are not in this
> version.

that is the MinGW built, which is experimental and cannot be shipped as
a release, because of several missing features and loss of extension
compatibility.

it is interesting to know that the bugs do not occur with the MinGW
build though.

regards,
 michael